External sector: every series

The foreign currency and other reserve assets held by the central bank, in US dollars. Reserves pay for imports and foreign debt in a crisis. Short-term net drains are payments already committed within a year, so headline reserves overstate what is freely usable.

MMA calls this: Official reserves

Goods exported and imported each month, in US dollars, with imports broken down by type. The country imports far more goods than it exports; the gap is paid for mainly by tourism, which is a service and is not counted here.

MMA calls this: Merchandise trade

The full annual account of transactions with the rest of the world. The current account adds trade in goods and services to income and transfers; a deficit has to be financed by investment, borrowing or drawing on reserves, which the financial account records.

MMA calls this: Balance of payments

What the government, the borrowers it guarantees and the banks owe to foreign creditors, and what the government pays each period in principal and interest. Debt service is the call on foreign currency that reserves and export earnings have to meet.

MMA calls this: External debt

Rufiyaa per unit of each foreign currency. The US dollar rate is held almost fixed, so movements against other currencies mostly reflect how those currencies move against the dollar.